In recent years, Western countries led by the United States have been hostile to China. In addition to the United States, Australia is also known as the "anti-China vanguard." Since the last Morrison government, Australia has frequently provoked China and followed the United Stat

In recent years, Western countries led by the United States have been hostile to China. In addition to the United States, Australia is also known as the "anti-China vanguard." Since the last Morrison government, Australia has frequently provoked China and closely followed the United States' China policy. However, China has always been Australia's largest trading partner and export market. China has also adopted a series of economic sanctions against Australia, causing Australia's exports of red wine, meat, and timber to suffer heavy losses.

After being sanctioned by China, Australia's wine exports to China have dropped from AU$889 million in 2020 to AU$20 million. In response, the Australian government filed a lawsuit against China at the WTO in 2020 and 2021, requesting the WTO to resolve this issue.

However, recently Australian Trade Minister Farrell mentioned the matter again and put forward a condition to China, that is, if China can lift its export sanctions on Australia, then Australia is willing to withdraw its complaint to the WTO against China for imposing economic sanctions. . He mentioned in an interview that the Australian government has made it clear to China that Australia hopes to resolve the differences between the two countries on trade issues through consultation rather than arbitration.

According to foreign media reports, China and Australia have been discussing Farrell's visit to China in the first half of 2023, and plan to meet with China's Commerce Minister Wang Wentao. However, China has not issued a formal invitation. At the same time, the WTO also plans to arbitrate trade disputes between China and Australia in 2023, because Australia has already imposed sanctions on Australia's barley, wine, and seafood exports.

However, the conflict between China and Australia is not just an economic issue, but a more important political issue. The reason why China imposed sanctions on Australian goods at that time was that Australia frequently challenged China’s bottom line, including the Taiwan Strait issue and other Chinese nuclear issues. They have continued to provoke on issues of core interests, such as tearing up the "Belt and Road Initiative", banning Huawei 5G, suppressing Chinese mining companies, making wrong remarks related to Xinjiang and Taiwan, etc., and pouring dirty water on China on the epidemic issue, which has completely touched China's bottom line.

What's even more ironic is that since China-Australia relations have deteriorated and the huge Chinese market has been lost, Australia's seats have been occupied by the United States, Canada and New Zealand , making a fortune in the Chinese market. At this point, the Australian economy has also begun to plummet. Domestic economic problems have become more serious, workers are unemployed, and the inflation rate remains high. The resignation of the Morrison government has a lot to do with this.

Therefore, after the new Prime Minister Albanese came to power, he has repeatedly shown goodwill to China in public. He once said that it is time for China-Australia relations to normalize. Australia has lost more than 20 billion Australian dollars due to China's economic policies, but at the same time claimed that it will continue to defend human rights. However, if Australia wants to restore relations, it must show sufficient sincerity.

Nature is easy to change but hard to change. Now Australia is bowing to China just because its economy has been hit. Judging from Australia's current performance, they have not realized their mistakes. They rely on the United States militarily, but they cannot do without China economically.
The Australian Trade Minister used the withdrawal of the lawsuit as a bargaining chip to ask China to lift sanctions, which is essentially a threat to China, but China does not follow this approach.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Australia. China was originally Australia's largest trading partner. Why China-Australia relations have reached the current stage is obvious to the international community and the current Australian government is also aware of it. Just last week, Australian Foreign Minister Huang Yingxian visited China, which was an ice-breaking trip and a trip to warm up China-Australia relations. This is the first time that Australia has sent a senior ministerial official to visit China since China-Australia relations have reached a freezing point.

At that time, the Australian Foreign Minister also made a promise, saying that Australia would not amplify the differences between the two countries and was willing to work with China to effectively manage these differences. However, any promise must be fulfilled with practical actions. The current Albanese government will not dance around the United States like its predecessor. China and Australia now have the possibility to resolve many issues through friendly consultations.

Nowadays, between China and Australia, Australia is anxious. The reason for the deterioration of China-Australia relations is that the Australian government has destroyed the relations between the two countries. Now, not only do they not want to repent, they also ask China to lift sanctions and resume economic and trade cooperation. This is completely wishful thinking.